VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-27574
An issue was discovered in Emote Remote Mouse through 4.0.0.0.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.08%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Emote Remote Mouse through 4.0.0.0. It uses cleartext HTTP to check, and request, updates. Thus, attackers can machine-in-the-middle a victim to download a malicious binary in place of the real update, with no SSL errors or warnings.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- remotemouse/emote remote mouse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://axelp.io/MouseTrapExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://remotemouse.net/blog/Product
- https://axelp.io/MouseTrapExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://remotemouse.net/blog/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.